Sunday nights in professionally third wheeling and repping Tom’s elder.org online platform in the form of sleepwear. Just no interest in the Netflix ‘Casting JonBenet’ documentary…

21:48 Sunday May 7, 2017

Stoke Newington, London

Fact: The term “pajama” (also spelled “pyjama”) has roots in Persia and stems from the Persian word “paejama,” which refers a loose leg garment, usually held up with a drawstring. In the East, as early as the Ottoman Empire, men wore pajamas—usually made of Egyptian linen with a belted tunic—as standard attire. British colonists admired this casual style and by the 1870s they had adopted these roomy trousers as comfortable loungewear and, later, as sleepwear.

But by definition, the term referred only to the pants—so saying “pajama bottoms” was quite redundant. It wasn’t until the 20th century that pajamas became associated with the coordinated ensemble comprising of a loose-fitting top and bottom. In fact, the word lost its specificity over the years, becoming interchangeable with any kind of sleepwear.